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Lee Jong-pil

Lee Jong-pil

Director, actor and writer · Born January 1, 1980 (46) · Seoul, South Korea

Born
January 1, 1980 (46)
From
Seoul, South Korea
Works as
Director, actor and writer
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 14% in 30 days

What are Lee Jong-pil's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
20%
Power
20%
Morality
14%
Ideas
14%
Survival
13%
Self
11%
Society
6%
Identity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Contemplative
2
Romantic
1
Warm
1
Dread
1
Other
5

How their films linger

Bittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Lee Jong-pil's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Lee Jong-pil's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

18 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Time of Cinema(2025)

    Director · Cinematographer · Editor · Writer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Pavane(2026)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Project 30 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • Escape(2024)

    Director · Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • 1, 2, 3 Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Actor

  • One Day Off(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Samjin Company English Class(2020)

    Director · Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Sound of a Flower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Writer

  • Big Good (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • Born To Sing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Hindsight(2011)

    as Yong-soo

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Nice Shorts! 2011 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • The Man from Nowhere(2010)

    as Detective No

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Be With Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Hyuk-geun

  • Now i'll be brave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · Writer · as Father (seg.5)

  • A Trip to the Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Director · Cinematographer · Screenplay

  • Suicide of the Quadruplets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Reporter

  • Enemy's Apple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Conscripted Policeman

Career shape

A full career of 18 titles from 2007 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Man from Nowhere (2010)

$45M worldwide

Highest rated

The Man from Nowhere (2010)

Midcredits 97th

Most popular right now

Pavane (2026)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting9 of 18: 8 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting10 of 18: 2 only directing, 8 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndWriting8 of 18: 0 only writing, 8 with another roleCinematography2 of 18: 0 only cinematography, 2 with another roleEditing1 of 18: 0 only editing, 1 with another role

18 titles, 8 with more than one role — directing and acting overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

2000s3 · 2 acting · 1 crew2010s8 · 6 acting · 3 crew2020s7 · 1 acting · 6 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Lee Jong-pil's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 6; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 7 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed2

Most loved · actor

The Man from Nowhere (2010)

Midcredits 97th · 87% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 80/100 and the pacing 59/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Lee Jong-pil work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lee Jong-pil's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ko Asung shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers